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Avro 685 York
YEAR BUILT:
1942
NUMBER BUILT:
256
WINGSPAN:
102 ft
LENGTH:
78 ft 6 in
HEIGHT:
16 ft 6 in
CREW:
5 (+ up to 30 passengers)
MAX SPEED:
298 mph
POWERPLANT:
4 x Rolls Royce Merlin (1,620 hp) or 4 x Bristol Hercules (1,650 hp)
ARMAMENT:
None
Avro York (Type 685)
NOTES:
Used extensively during the Berlin airlift in 1949. Churchill used a York in VIP configuration called the Avalon.
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